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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, Charley learns that for 15 years, Granny's farm served as what?
(a) An stop for the red line subway.
(b) A waystation for songbirds.
(c) A station on the Underground Railroad.
(d) A station on the Metra Express Blue Line.

2. What is the name of Granny's mule?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Charley.
(c) Canaan.
(d) Hancock.

3. In Chapter 10, did Charley plan to steal the eggs?
(a) No, but he was out of money.
(b) Yes, but only a few.
(c) No, he planned to pay a penny for each egg.
(d) No, but he stole the ham.

4. By Chapter 13, what has Charley learned about herbs?
(a) Their names and how they can be used to heal people.
(b) Their names and how to paint them.
(c) Their names in English and Russian.
(d) Their names in English and French.

5. When Granny mentions the panther in Chapter 14 and it turns up in Chapter 15, that is an example of what technique?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Aftershadowing.
(d) Foreshadowing.

6. Charley pours out his story to a man in a wagon, who says what?
(a) That he didn't understand a word Charley said.
(b) That Charley is a coward.
(c) That he forgives Charley.
(d) That he hates Charley.

7. Why does Granny not like the town of Franklin?
(a) Because it is not New York.
(b) Because it is too big.
(c) Because it is too small.
(d) Because she likes Philadelphia better.

8. What seed does Granny have Charley plant right away?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Squash.
(c) Corn.
(d) Cucumbers.

9. Where does Charley find Granny?
(a) In an ambulance.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) Beside the river near the trail.
(d) At the Hodder farm.

10. In Chapter 11, why doesn't Charley escape that first night?
(a) He likes Granny more than anyone he ever met.
(b) He is too nervous.
(c) He is locked in.
(d) He is too hungry.

11. Where is Granny's husband buried.
(a) In Jefferson.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Missouri.
(d) In Franklin.

12. At the end of the story, where does Charley think is a good place to settle down?
(a) Chattanooga.
(b) The Bent farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
(c) New York City.
(d) Franklin.

13. In Chapter 13, what does Charley do when Granny locks him in the hen house while she has a mysterious visitor?
(a) He shoots the mysterious stranger.
(b) He burns the hen house down.
(c) He escapes through rotten boards.
(d) He shoots Granny.

14. How many children are buried in Granny's graveyard?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Two.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Five.

15. In Chapter 13, what has Charley learned about the woods surrounding Granny's farm?
(a) The names of the trees and flowers.
(b) The names of every person within 1,000 miles.
(c) How to tell the time of day by the sun.
(d) That moss grows on the north side of trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charley feel about shooting a gun?

2. What is the name of the old woman on the farm?

3. What almost destroys Charley's hiding place twice?

4. What does Granny mean when she says "yarbs"?

5. What does Charley do to the panther?

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